All posts tagged "women’s history"
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8.6K1MassachusettsHow To Be A Good Puritan Mother
A good Puritan mother loved and cherished her children, but many died young and she was supposed to be stoic about it....
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8.0K6MassachusettsLouisa May Alcott, 10: Child Laborer at the Fruitlands Commune
When she was 10 years old, Louisa May Alcott in 1843 was taken to live at a commune called Fruitlands by her...
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4.3K3MaineSix (And More) Mothers Who Left a Mark on History
Mothers have always had to balance competing demands, and some of those who did it best made history. Mindful that Mother's Day...
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7.2K2MassachusettsMargaret Fuller Dies in a Shipwreck While People Watch
Margaret Fuller, who spent her life protesting injustice, died at the age of 40 in a shipwreck off New York Harbor while...
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9.9K4MaineThe Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and Nathan Hale are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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3.9K5MassachusettsLydia Chapin Taft – New England’s First Woman Voter
Lydia Chapin Taft was the first woman to legally vote in New England. The year was 1756, and the issue of taxation...
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7.0K1MassachusettsHow the Daughters of Liberty Fought for Independence
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
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6.4K1ConnecticutThe Bohemian Blueblood Who Invented the Bra
Inventing the bra was possibly the least interesting thing Mary Phelps Jacob did in her life. She was called Polly Peabody...
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5.5KMassachusettsHepsibeth Hemenway, the Nipmuc Cakemaker of Worcester, Mass.
Hepsibeth Hemenway was a mixed-race laundress and cook who never ventured far from Worcester, Mass., but she fascinates people more than 150...
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10.7K4MaineSix Irish Landmarks in New England
Irish landmarks commemorate the history of Irish immigrants in places you might not expect throughout New England. There’s more to Irish-American history...